# captain vs paid

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### captain
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #7,738*
ein Schiff führen, ein Schiff befehligen

### paid
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #44,122*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs pay

## Source
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